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===Early years (1878β1945)=== {{Main|History of Manchester United F.C. (1878β1945)}} Manchester United were formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] (LYR) depot at [[Newton Heath]].<ref name="barnes_8">Barnes et al. (2001), p. 8.</ref> The team initially played games against other departments and railway companies, but on 20 November 1880, they competed in their first recorded match; wearing the colours of the railway company β green and gold β they were defeated 6β0 by [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]' reserve team.<ref>James (2008), p. 66.</ref> By 1888, the club had become a founding member of [[The Combination]], a regional football league. Following the league's dissolution after only one season, Newton Heath joined the newly formed [[Football Alliance]], which ran for three seasons before being merged with The Football League. This resulted in the club starting the 1892β93 season in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]], by which time it had become independent of the railway company and dropped the "LYR" from its name.<ref name="barnes_8"/> After two seasons, the club was relegated to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]].<ref name="barnes_8"/> [[File:Man.utd 1905-06 dailygraph.jpg|thumb|left|The Manchester United team at the start of the [[1905β06 Manchester United F.C. season|1905β06 season]], in which they were runners-up in the Second Division|alt=A black-and-white photograph of a football team lining up before a match. Four players, wearing dark shirts, light shorts and dark socks, are seated. Four more players are standing immediately behind them, and three more are standing on a higher level on the back row. Two men in suits are standing on either side of the players.]] In January 1902, with debts of Β£2,670 β equivalent to Β£{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|2670|1902|r=-4}}|0}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}{{Inflation-fn|UK|group=nb}} β the club was served with a [[liquidation|winding-up order]].<ref>Tyrrell & Meek (1996), p. 99.</ref> Captain [[Harry Stafford]] found four local businessmen, including [[John Henry Davies]] (who became club president), each willing to invest Β£500 in return for a direct interest in running the club and who subsequently changed the name;<ref name="barnes_9">Barnes et al. (2001), p. 9.</ref> on 24 April 1902, Manchester United was officially born.<ref>James (2008), p. 92.</ref><ref group=nb>Sources are divided on the exact date of the meeting and subsequent name change. Whilst official club sources claim that it occurred on 26 April, the meeting was reported by the ''Manchester Evening Chronicle'' in its edition of 25 April, suggesting it was indeed on 24 April.</ref> Under [[Ernest Mangnall]], who assumed managerial duties in 1903, Manchester United finished as Second Division runners-up in 1906 and secured promotion to the First Division, which they won in 1908 β the club's first league title. The following season began with victory in the first ever [[FA Community Shield|Charity Shield]]<ref>Barnes et al. (2001), p. 118.</ref> and ended with the club's first [[FA Cup]] title. Mangnall was considered a significant influence behind the team's move to Old Trafford in 1910, and Manchester United won the First Division for the second time in 1911.<ref>James, Gary (2008). ''Manchester β A Football History'', pp. 380β385 & 396β401.</ref> At the end of the following season, however, Mangnall left the club to join [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].<ref>Barnes et al. (2001), p. 11.</ref> In 1922, three years after the resumption of football following the First World War, the club was relegated to the Second Division, where it remained until regaining promotion in 1925. Relegated again in 1931, Manchester United became a [[yo-yo club]], achieving its all-time lowest position of 20th place in the Second Division in 1934, under secretary-manager [[Scott Duncan (footballer)|Scott Duncan]], narrowly avoiding relegation to the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]. Two years later, Duncan led the club to promotion before another relegation followed in 1937, which led to his resignation in November of that year. Following the death of principal benefactor John Henry Davies in October 1927, the club's finances deteriorated to the extent that Manchester United would likely have gone bankrupt had it not been for [[James W. Gibson]], who, in December 1931, invested Β£2,000 and assumed control of the club.<ref name="barnes_12">Barnes et al. (2001), p. 12.</ref> In the [[1938β39 Manchester United F.C. season|1938β39 season]], the last year of football before the Second World War, the club finished 14th in the First Division.<ref name="barnes_12"/>
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